Package au.csiro.pathling.utilities

Class Strings

java.lang.Object

au.csiro.pathling.utilities.Strings

public abstract class Strings
extends Object

Utility class containing some methods for string wrangling.

Author:

John Grimes

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> List<T>	parseCsvList(String csvList, Function<String,T> converter)	Leniently parses a list of coma separated values.
static String	randomAlias()	Generates a short random string for use as a column alias.
static String	unSingleQuote(String value)	Removes surrounding single quotes from a string.
static String	unTickQuote(String value)	Removes surrounding tick quotes from a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

unSingleQuote

@Nonnull
public static String unSingleQuote(@Nonnull
 String value)

Removes surrounding single quotes from a string.

Parameters:

value - a String surrounded by single quotes

Returns:

the unquoted String

unTickQuote

@Nonnull
public static String unTickQuote(@Nonnull
 String value)

Removes surrounding tick quotes from a string.

Parameters:

value - a String surrounded by tick quotes

Returns:

the unquoted String

randomAlias

@Nonnull
public static String randomAlias()

Generates a short random string for use as a column alias.

Returns:

a short, random String for use as a column alias

parseCsvList

@Nonnull
public static <T> List<T> parseCsvList(@Nonnull
 String csvList,
 @Nonnull
 Function<String,T> converter)

Leniently parses a list of coma separated values. Trims the strings and filters out empty values.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of elements to produce.

Parameters:

csvList - a coma separated list of equivalence codes

converter - a function that converts single value string to the desired type T

Returns:

the list of converted values of type T.